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[OM] Re: Micro 4/3 rangefinder?

Subject: [OM] Re: Micro 4/3 rangefinder?
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:58:30 -0700
Sandy Harris wrote:
> So given that you have a body spec without space for a mirror, and various 
> available lenses that expect bodies
> to tell them where to focus in a "fly-by-wire" system, ...
>
> Can you put a rangefinder in the body, let the photog control it via a wheel, 
> and then have the body tell the
> lens what to do?
>   
It sounds technically possible. Why anyone would do so remains a mystery 
to me, as I believe AF to be more accurate than a mechanical rangefinder.

Perhaps the easiest solution would be akin to what Oly did for late 
versions of the Olympus Six MF camera. They made a new top plate for the 
existing bodies that incorporated an uncoupled rangefinder. When they 
ran out of the old bodies, they slightly modified the top plate of new 
production, but kept the same concept.

How about a nice ordinary digicam with AF with an enlarged top plate to 
house a mechanical view/rangefinder. The viewfinder would work to frame 
shots, but the rangefinder would be entirely unrelated to the actual AF 
focusing. One could even add a nice non-functional distance scale around 
the lens mount to be set from the rangefinder readout.

A. Seditious Moose

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